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The Migration Series, Panel no. 25: They left their homes. Soon some communities were left almost empty. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 27: Many men stayed behind until they could take their families north with them. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 33: Letters from relatives in the North told of the better life there. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 53: African American, long-time residents of northern cities met the migrants with aloofness and disdain. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 59: In the North they had the freedom to vote. (between 1940 and 1941)
Ancestor (1958)
Number 182 (1961)
Elena Povolozky (1917)
Composition No. III (ca. 1921/repainted 1925)